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No 500,182. Patented June 27, 1893;

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE FRENCH ATWOOD, OF MALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS.

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 500,182, dated June27,1893.

Application filed September 29, 1892. Serial No. 447,215. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE FRENCH AT- WOOD, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Malden, in the county of Middlesex and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFastenings forBottle-Stoppers and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to that class of bottle stoppers in whicharrangements are made for preserving the stoppers for future use, and itconsists in providing such stoppers with a fastening of wire that ispassed upward from the bottom of the stopper, one strand on each sidethereof, and on the outer sides, and then after a twist at the top, ispassed downward on the outside and secured by a series of coils or wrapsto a bottle neck under the shoulder thereof.

In the drawings accompanying this application: Figure 1, represents mybottle stopper on duty in a bottle and my method of securing the same tothe neck of such bottle. Fig. 2, represents a stopper with the fasteningwire ready for use in a bottle and with its free ends adapted forbending down and encircling the neck, and: Fig. 3, shows the wireattached to a lifting button.

My bottle stopper proper is preferably made of cork and is marked A, onthe drawings.

The letter B, indicates a button, preferably of wood, and is arrangedimmediately below and against the bottom of the cork where it is held inplace by a fastening wire that passes through said button as representedon the drawings in Figs. 2, and 3.

The letter 0, represents myfastening wire. This is preferably made ofspring or malleable metal of convenient size for bending and ofsuflicient strength for lifting the cork from the bottle. I first passthis wire through the button B, and pass it upward on the outside of thecork, as shown, one strand on each side thereof. After reaching the topof the cork, I bend said wire inward from each side until the strandsmeet, and then twist them around each other in the manner shown in Fig.2, at d. One twist is usually sufficient. When this is done the stopperis ready for use.

To apply the stopper for use, I pass it into the neck of the bottle inthe usual manner which will force the wire on each side into the cork. Ithen take the free ends of the wire marked f, and pass them downward,one on each side of the bottle neck, and wind them around such neckbelow its shoulder and fasten them together in the manner shown on Fig.1, at g. By this method of construction and application, the cork orstopper is securely wired to the neck of a bottle.

To remove the stopper, I unfasten the wire from around the neck of thebottle and then lift the stopper upward by any suitable means.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- A fastening for bottlestoppers consisting of a wire, the center of which is passed through abutton B, below the stopper, from whence each strand is passed upward onthe outside of the stopper as shown, and after being twisted together onthe stoppers top, is passed down on the outside of the bottle neck, andmade secure by winding around said neck directly under the shoulderthereof, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE FRENCH ATWOOD.

Witnesses:

A. E. ALVORD, J. E. DEARBORN.

